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Drawing my hallucinations
By Jade Smith
I have just read someone’s blog on how drawing saved their life.
I have been admitted to hospital 7 times since 2012 and have met some of the most talented people I have ever met. Whilst in hospital in 2014 I began to draw and realised I had a talent that I hadn’t known about.
I also listen to music while I draw as it helps to focus my mind. My drawings are of images I see and it really helps to see these images on paper. They are all very personal to me. First of all I was diagnosed with psychosis and in 2016 I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder.
Ugly monster who took my soul ..
By Darknesses
It’s like a darkness that creeps over me and swallows my soul and leaves me with empty shell…
There are days where I can’t even look at myself in the mirror because I only see this ugly monster staring back at me…
Try to tell myself this: (Hey everything going to be ok… don’t worry we got this.) But that ugly monster that lives inside me always screams OUT ( NO. You’re nothing but ugly monster like me)…
Now I’m so used to it that this empty shell is home or even who I am… time is going by so fast but I’m only standing here…
UNITED STATES
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UNITED KINGDOM
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Some of the most talented people in all kind of art suffer from depression at some point of their lives, and they’ve found is their talent that saves their lives.